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As developers south of the border commit millions of pounds to address life-critical fire-safety issues on buildings higher than 11 metres, the Scottish Government looks set to ban the use of combustible materials on all new residential and ‘high-risk’ buildings above the same height.

Communities across central and south Scotland are cleaner and greener thanks to Wheatley Group's environmental week of action.

Scotsman Developments Ltd has submitted plans for 100 houses at the former Madras College site in St Andrews.

New proposals have been brought forward for a residential development involving B-listed former mill buildings in the Gorbals.

This episode sees Simon Payne, category manager at Stirling Council, and Hugh Carr, head of strategic procurement at Scotland Excel, steer Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay through the world of public sector procurement and discuss how the current framework process helps alleviate much of the current

Ferguslie Park Group, in partnership with its gutter cleaning contractor Paterson Safety Anchors (PSA), has arranged for the local group Barochan Green Team to be supplied with seven tons of compost to help with its growth ambitions. The compost is a by-product of the waste taken from gutter cleanin

Home Fix Scotland (HFS), the Inverclyde-based repairs and maintenance organisation, is seeking to recruit up to seven apprentices to join its new apprentice programme. HFS is offering prospective apprenticeships in joinery, electrical, plastering, and plumbing.

Concerns have been raised that the proposed National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) falls short on delivering key regional priorities for Highland and also in achieving Scotland’s transition to net zero. NPF4 will be a long-term plan that will guide spatial development, set out national planning

Murray Estates has received final approval from the Scottish Government for a £500 million housing development and supporting infrastructure in West Edinburgh.

Developer HUB and specialist sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management have submitted plans for a residential-led development on Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh.

Housing association tenants of long leasehold flats and the service charges they pay are to be included for the first time under a revised service charge residential management code.

Artisan Real Estate’s wholesale commitment to sustainable residential development across the UK has been recognised with its Edinburgh-based Rowanbank Gardens development being nominated for a prestigious national accolade geared to tackling the climate crisis.

Energy network companies from across Britain have partnered with Fuel Bank Foundation to provide further support to people living in fuel poverty.

The transformation of a derelict brownfield site in Barrhead is gathering pace as construction work continues on the delivery of 35 new homes, including eight for Barrhead Housing Association, at the Eden Grove development.

Albyn Housing Society is launching a £100,000 fund for tenants struggling with soaring energy costs across its 3,700 properties in 70 communities across the Highlands - a fund the society expects to last only a few days due to demand.